ITJ 1-4/2022 
Dear readers, I hope you’ve recovered well since last year – or should I say from last year? Perhaps you were perked up a little by a nice Christmas present – packed in recyclable material of course... (Most) plastic bags have been banned from German shops since the... more
ITJ 49-52/2021
Dear readers, It used to be possible to say everything about the past year and a lot about the new one on the Feast of Saint Nicholas, the day this editorial was written. Today that’s no longer really the case – but I’ll give it a try anyway. Hesitation triggered by the return... more
ITJ 47-48/2021
Dear readers,The ball will be rolling at the football World Cup in Qatar a year from now. Switzerland has qualified and can already start planning its trip. The logistics of the venture also have to be mastered. And then there’s this virus and all the vagaries it brings with... more
45-46/2021
Dear readers,The fact that the transport and logistics industry is extremely important for every company and every consumer worldwide, but nevertheless lives almost as a wallflower in the public perception, is an almost prehistoric lament uttered by the sector’s representatives... more
43-44/2021
Dear readers, When will business be on a roll again? A dearth of drivers and semi-conductors has grave ramifications for the automobile industry and its supply chains, a fact that has reached the mainstream media too. But did you know that the scarcity of a soft raw material... more
41-42/2021
Dear readers,Our neighbour Germany was rarely as set of late for a new start as now. But we’ll leave the assessment of a complicated political situation to others, and rather enjoy the international logistics industry’s good economic prospects. According to Nuremberg-based GfK,... more
39-40/2021
Dear readers,Can you sense it? Usually it’s the early morning, or the advent of spring that we can feel in the air. This time it could be the fading away of the period of anti-pandemic measures. The multifaceted experiences the team of the ITJ went through on its latest journeys... more
36-38/2021
Dear readers, According to Iata the global airfreight performance in the first half of this year was the best since 2017. It even looks as if the trend is set to continue. The conclusion? The logistics world needs a lot of new aeroplanes! ‘Preighters’ aren’t enough, nor are... more
31-35/2021
Dear readers, The term yo-yo effect already exists, so I can’t coin it for this year so far – even though it would be highly suitable do describe 2021. We remember well how, in the last year before the outbreak of Covid-19, overcapacities in the maritime affected... more
27-30/2021 Business and football
The ball is rolling again. We’re still wondering how Switzerland managed to kick the top favourite, World Champion France, out of the European Championship. Looking beyond football for a moment we can ascertain that Switzerland seems to have come through the outbreak of ... more